Lofty Redwoods Airport
53CL · Anchor Bay, California · Mendocino County · map
Lofty Redwoods Airport is a private airport, 3 miles north of Anchor Bay, California, 1,317 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,200 feet of grvl-trtd.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 53CL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,317 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,200 × 60 ft | Grvl-trtd |
- Runway 31: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ukiah Municipal (24 nm northeast), Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County (42 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ukiah Municipal (24 nm northeast), Little River Airport (25 nm north), Cloverdale Municipal (28 nm east), Lampson Field (33 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 5 degrees dogleg at midpoint on runway 13/31.
- Seal coated.
- High trees at west side of runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Anchor Bay from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Anchor Bay, CA as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/53CL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.